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Plebejus (Blue)

Synonyms: Plebeius; Plebejides; Plebeyus

Wikipedia Abstract

Plebejus (also spelled Plebeius) is a genus of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. Many genera formerly considered independent are at least tentatively included here nowadays, and some others—Agriades, Albulina, Icaricia, Aricia, and Lycaeides—may belong herein too.The members (species) of this genus are found in the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone. Species include:
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Species

Plebejus acmoin
Plebejus acmon
Plebejus aegus
Plebejus aehaja
Plebejus albicans
Plebejus algon
Plebejus alizadehorum
Plebejus alpina
Plebejus amanda
Plebejus anikini
Plebejus antegon
Plebejus aquilo (Arctic blue)
Plebejus argus (Silver-studded Blue) (Attributes)
Plebejus arguscalliopisvalesiaca
Plebejus argyrognomon (Reverdin's blue)
Plebejus artaxerxes
Plebejus atrapraetextus
Plebejus autaegon
Plebejus bejarensisintermedia
Plebejus bejarensislilacina
Plebejus bejarensislilacinamarynata
Plebejus bejarensismetallica
Plebejus bejarensisminor
Plebejus cabrorus
Plebejus callinicus
Plebejus calliopis
Plebejus candalus
Plebejus carolyna
Plebejus chrisreai
Plebejus christophi (Small Jewel Blue)
Plebejus cleopatra
Plebejus elvira
Plebejus eversmanni
Plebejus ferniensis
Plebejus fridayi
Plebejus hesperica (Spanish zephyr blue)
Plebejus hispana
Plebejus homeyeri
Plebejus illustris
Plebejus insularis
Plebejus intermediamarginata
Plebejus jermyni
Plebejus leucofasciatus
Plebejus loewii
Plebejus lucianus
Plebejus lucifer
Plebejus lupini
Plebejus lurifuga
Plebejus luzonicus
Plebejus maracandicus
Plebejus maricopa
Plebejus martini
Plebejus monticola
Plebejus nivescens
Plebejus oegiades
Plebejus oegidion
Plebejus optimus
Plebejus orestes
Plebejus orientalis
Plebejus osias
Plebejus patriarca
Plebejus pheretiades
Plebejus phonix
Plebejus poggii
Plebejus polysperchinus
Plebejus posterocaerulescens
Plebejus pseudaegon
Plebejus pseudargon
Plebejus pylaon
Plebejus saepiolus (Greenish blue) (Attributes)
Plebejus samuelis
Plebejus sareptensis
Plebejus sarta
Plebejus scudderii
Plebejus shasta
Plebejus sieversii
Plebejus siraha
Plebejus snelleni
Plebejus sorhageni
Plebejus staudingeri
Plebejus talinga
Plebejus trappi (Alpine zephyr blue)
Plebejus unicolor
Plebejus vogelii (Vogel's Blue) (Endangered)
Plebejus zephyrinus

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0